EANS-News: Österreichische Post AG / AUSTRIAN POST ACQUIRES A 26% STAKE IN POSTMASTER S.R.L., ROMANIA

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Subtitle: POSTMASTER: NUMBER ONE AMONG ALTERNATIVE POSTAL SERVICE
PROVIDERS IN ROMANIA

Wien (euro adhoc) - October 20th, 2011 marked the closing of Austrian
Post´s acquisition of a 26% stake (including an option to increase
this shareholding to 100% over the next two years) in the Romanian
firm PostMaster s.r.l. After entering the Hungarian, Slovakian and
Croatian letter mail markets, Austrian Post is now also represented
in Romania. This comprises a further step in the company´s growth
strategy and an entry into one of the largest markets in the CEE
region. The two parties have agreed not to disclose any details about
the purchase price.

POSTMASTER S.R.L. PostMaster s.r.l. headquartered in Bucharest was
founded in the year 2007, and is already the leading alternative
postal provider on the Romanian market. The core business of the
company is delivering direct mail items (advertising mail) weighing
more than 50 gr. Thus the company has established a good starting
position for the upcoming postal market liberalisation in Romania as
of the year 2013, and thus a solid basis for future growth. Serving
as the top alternative postal company, PostMaster also delivers
unaddressed direct mail items throughout Romania. The firm has a
workforce of about 100 employees as well as a delivery staff of about
1.500 people used on a service contract basis. They delivered more
than 100m unaddressed and 13m addressed direct mail items in 2010,
generating revenue of EUR 6.7m. Revenue is expected to rise by more
than 30% in 2011 to about EUR 10m.

Further inquiry note:
Austrian Post
Head of Investor Relations
DI Harald Hagenauer
Tel.: +43 57767-30400
harald.hagenauer@post.at

Austrian Post
Head of Group Communications
Mag. Ina Sabitzer
Tel.: +43 577 67-21763
ina.sabitzer@post.at

Austrian Post
Press Spokesman
Michael Homola
Tel.: +43 577 67-32010
michael.homola@post.at

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company: Österreichische Post AG
Postgasse 8
A-1010 Wien
phone: +43 (0)57767-0
mail: investor@post.at
WWW: www.post.at
sector: Transport
ISIN: AT0000APOST4
indexes: ATX Prime, ATX
stockmarkets: official market: Wien
language: English